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Re: howto - rtl8187 backtrack r1 monitor mode - Unknown error 132

Hi muts
We tried this while I was talking to you on irc. It worked.
But now it just wont work anymore :/
My VMWare BT4-R1 seems very unstable..
The fact is:
airmon-ng
interface chipset driver
wlan0 RTL8187 rtl8187 - [phy0]
rmmod rtl8187
rmmod mac80211
modprobe (after very long time it finishes)
but..
airmon-ng
interface chipset driver

Re: howto - rtl8187 backtrack r1 monitor mode - Unknown error 132

Hi guys
I began to wonder if that came from me or not, i had the same problem with my AWUS036H and in parallel the green led on my card was switched on as if the highpower mode was on but it was not.
I solved the problem by typing the command line quoted higher except "rmmod mac80211" and now the card works well, injection too.

Hi guys
I solved the problem by typing the command line quoted higher except "rmmod mac80211" and now the card works well, injection too.

I also tried NOT doing the 'rmmod mac80211' command, but still it freezes and nothing good happends except I have no interface afterwards..

Finally, made it work.. Although it seems sometimes it won't work.

Searched through forums and google, and stumbled over an advice that said: "Make sure Network is startet [ON], before doing modprobe r8187"
Had some problems when networking was not startet, and made it work when starting network prior to modprobe..

Re: howto - rtl8187 backtrack r1 monitor mode - Unknown error 132

Re: howto - rtl8187 backtrack r1 monitor mode - Unknown error 132

Originally Posted by txt3rob

im having the same issue no interface after that fix :S

I was able to get it working well on r1 with networking started, rmmod rtl8187, and modprobe r8187. To clarify I am running it off of an SD on an eee with a AWUS036H. One curious thing was that it did rename my wlans which confused wicd lol. If anyone has issues try forcing managed mode when finished with monitor mode. (iwconfig wlan0 mode managed)

so what worked is...

/etc/init.d/networking start
rmmod rtl8187
modprobe r8187

My issue was that I couldn't get it to stay in monitor mode longer than a second. I realize it's not exactly 100% related to this issue as I am not using VM but this did come up in my google search and help me. btw the AWUS036H is fantastic... 100,000+ ivs with deauth & arpreplay in like 2 min lol On AN EEEPC!

I remember reading about the bt4 rtl8287 / r8187 drivers and that the bt4 version is the patched version. Here's the aircrack-ng link to the patched driver and its info/limitations. r8187 [Aircrack-ng]